Ukraine (similarly to most of ex-Soviet Union countries) employs a four-level (local, zone, country, international) open dialing plan. Nearly in every house or an apartment in Kyiv you'll find the local phone. If you are renting a flat, usually the landlord will cut the 0 number off, which means you wouldn't be able to call long distance but you could call all Kyiv (land) numbers and mostly all CDMA numbers for free. Note, that you will not be able to call mobile or cell phones as well, because they start from 0.

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For all non-local and mobile numbers, the required trunk prefix is '0' followed by an auxiliary dial tone after it. Then with the following "0" for international calls. Mainly for historical reasons, zone codes are very often named with a leading "0", e.g. 045 instead of 45.

To call Kiev from abroad you would dial:International Call Prefix of your country380 - International code of Ukraine44 - code of the city (Kiev)Telephone number

Public Phones in Kyiv, Ukraine

To call Odesa from Kiev you would dial:0 ~ 482 XX-XX-XX or 0 ~ 48 XXX-XX-XX*

~ long dial tone0 - National code of Ukraine48 or 482 - code of the city (Odesa)XX-XX-XX or XXX-XX-XX - telephone number

* - Note, the difference in code depends on how many digits the telephone number has (in Odesa, Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, and some other cities. The reason is the change of the telephone system in the given cities): for ex. with the number 34-54-82 (6 digits) you should dial the code 482, but with the number 325-64-75 (7 digits) you should dial the code 48

To call Ukraine mobile number from abroad you would dial:International Call Prefix of your country380 - International code of Ukraine67 - code of the mobile operator XXX-XX-XX - telephone number

Public Phones in Ukraine

To call Ukraine mobile number from the local line in Ukraine you would dial: 0 ~ 67 XXX-XX-XX

~ long dial tone0 - National code of Ukraine67 - code of the mobile operator XXX-XX-XX - telephone number

To call Ukraine mobile number from the Ukrainian mobile in Ukraine you would dial: 0 67 XXX-XX-XX or (only from the mobile phone) +380 67 XXX-XX-XX

0 - National code of Ukraine67 - code of the mobile operator XXX-XX-XX - telephone number

To call Ukraine mobile number from the mobile via roaming in Ukraine you would dial:+380 67 XXX-XX-XX

There are also public phones availabe throughout any city. Usually every Post Office has got a public phone as well. Usually these phones are blue and to make a call you'll need a calling card. You can purchase calling cards at the Post Offices, any Press Kiosks or Stands which cell mobile/internet/calling cards. Some of the public phones could be used without a crad but with coins (mainly in the big cities). For ex. in Kyiv, such phones are silver and located inside the metro. You can find them at the train station as well.